[Typo3-shop] Additional Features for tt_products 2.x - how to contribute?

[Volker Graubaum]

Hi Joey,

> So could you tell me, why we don't put all these efforts together and create
> _one_ really cool tt_products instead of forking it to tt_products and
> tt_shop?


> Since we are using tt_products for many of our clients we don't want to
> restructure the DB (which would be necessary when switching to tt-shop) but
> improve the existing functions.
> This way we could simply update the extension without having to invest
> additional time to port thousands of items to the new system.
> I personally don't see any reason for the existance of tt_shop. But maybe
> you can convince me ...

The reaseon why we are developing the new shop System is the point, that 
   we thing that we need an new DB structure for an advanced Shop System.
You could insert more and more features to tt_products, but it will stay
a small DB structure. The maybe most important thing is, that a shop 
need products and articles:

The product: Levis 501
The article: Levis 501 green 32/32

You could have different "attributs" with tt_products but you couldn't 
create different articles without having an extra table for it.

Why not? You need article number, stock number, pictures, price, offers 
and much more for each article which is in the moment not possible.

There are other things, which speaks for a new extension.
Have a look at the feature list in the wiki and the new provided 
db_model (I will insert a picture in the next 2 hours) and thing about.

I'm sure you will see the problems, creating all the feature in 
tt_products without losing the possibility to make updates.

Greetings Volker